More about this topic

Malaysia

DNA samples sought from family of slain Kim half-brother

The body of Kim Jong-nam, the murdered half brother of North Korea’s leader, looks set to remain in Malaysia until family members come forward with DNA samples to help with formal…

17/02/2017

Malaysia

Theories abound, more arrests in Kim Yong Nam murder mystery

Two more held in Kim Yong Nam murder

16/02/2017

World News

North Korea's Malaysian murder mystery

Reuters North Korean officials have objected to an autopsy on the estranged half-brother of leader Kim Jong Un, Kim Jong Nam, who was murdered at Kuala Lumpur airport on Monday.

15/02/2017

Myanmar

Malaysia sends much needed aid for persecuted Rohingya in Myanmar

Malaysian aid arrives in Mayanmar for persecuted Rohingya

09/02/2017

Malaysia

Malaysia: Six missing after boat carrying Chinese tourists sinks

Malaysia on Monday broadened its search for six people still missing after a boat carrying Chinese tourists capsized at the weekend.

30/01/2017

Indonesia

Boat sinks carrying Indonesian migrant workers home from Malaysia

A boat carrying 93 Indonesian migrant workers from Malaysia has sunk off Batam Island just south of Singapore, killing 17 of them according to Indonesia’s national disaster…

02/11/2016

Malaysia

Study suggests missing MH370 plane plummeted into ocean

The Malaysia Airlines plane that disappeared in 2014 was in a "high and increasing rate of descent" when it crashed, a report says.

02/11/2016

Sport

MotoGP: Dovizioso becomes ninth different winner of 2016 with Sepang triumph

Andrea Dovizioso won a wet Malaysia MotoGP on Sunday to become the record ninth different race winner of a single season.

30/10/2016

Economy

DiCaprio to cooperate on Malaysian investment fund corruption probe

Leonardo DiCaprio has said he will cooperate with investigations of corruption allegations against Malaysia's state investment fund 1MDB.

19/10/2016

Malaysia

Formula 1: Ricciardo leads Red Bull one-two as Hamilton retires

02/10/2016

Malaysia

Zika spreads in Malaysia

Malaysia confirms first pregnant woman has contracted Zika.

07/09/2016

Malaysia

Malaysian protesters call for PM's arrest

Students and anti-corruption activists in Malaysia have taken to the streets of the capital Kuala Lumpur calling for the arrest of Prime Minister Najib Razak.

27/08/2016

Malaysia

MH370: relatives call for more to be done as authorities say search could be suspended

Over two years after Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 mysteriously disappeared, the wounds are still raw.

29/07/2016

Malaysia

ISIL blamed for Malaysian bar attack

The authorities in Malaysia now say ISIL was responsible for a grenade attack on a bar showing a Euro 2016 football match last week.

04/07/2016

Culture news

Malaysian and Kenyan artists win prestigious cartooning prize

Kenyan and Malaysian cartoonists Gado and Zunar have been awarded the 2016 Cartooning for Peace Prize. The accolade, which rewards cartoonists for

05/05/2016

Malaysia

Eight-metre python 'dies' after being caught in Malaysia

An enormous python found on a construction site in Malaysia, believed to be the longest snake ever caught at about eight metres, has died according

11/04/2016

Malaysia

Debris found in Mozambique "possibly" from missing MH370 flight

Update: Click here for the latest news on this story A piece of metal found on a Mozambique beach is possibly from a Malaysia Airlines plane that

03/03/2016

Malaysia

Malaysia PM cleared over $681 million Saudi gift

26/01/2016

Malaysia

Malaysia's first Islamic airline takes to the skies

Malaysia’s first Islamic airline has taken to the skies, offering a service that adheres to strict religious rules. Rayani Air offers onboard

23/12/2015

Malaysia

UN tells world leaders to cooperate over ISIL

Meeting at the annual East Asian summit in Malaysia, world leaders have been urged to cooperate in rooting out terrorism. Days after the Security

22/11/2015